Creative Thinking: A Crucial 21st Century Survival Skill

Every list of essential work skills includes creativity, creative thinking or creative problem solving. This interactive speech explores the concept of creativity, why it’s considered a crucial 21st century skill, and the fundamentals to improve creative thinking.

Creativity: The Jet Fuel for Innovation

There’s no doubt our economy and world is driven by innovation; however, just because you have the word “Innovation” in some organizational slogan does not automatically make your organization innovative. The purpose of this interactive speech is to underscore the fact that creativity and creative thinking serve as the foundation to organizational innovation.

Creative Leadership: Catalyst for Change

Today leaders must be flexible, visionary, open-minded, curious, and facilitative… in other words creative. Through this inspirational presentation leaders are challenged to think about their own leadership behaviors and the degree to which they promote their own and others’ creative attitudes and skills.

Creative Problem Solving: The Secret Sauce for Individual and Organizational Success

Success at work is contingent on our ability to solve problems creativily. And as automation takes over more and more work responsibilities, embracing the skill of creative problem solving goes a long way in ensuring professional longevity. This presentation uses experiential learning to teach some of the fundamental principles and tools embedded in the Creative-Problem-Solving process.

Creativity in Education: The Missing Piece

While numerous reports tout the importance of creative thinking in today’s workplace, educational practices have not kept pace with this demand. This presentation explores the fundamentals of creativity, identifies ways in which creative thinking can be taught, and challenges participants to practice creative-thinking methods.

Gerard is an exceptionally engaging and dynamic speaker, who demonstrates an amazing ability to connect with his audiences. He has shared with us how we can learn to unleash creativity in our own work and inspire it in our students. His work and material has truly resonated with our community, and overwhelming feedback has resulted in us securing Gerard for future workshops and sessions. I see Gerard’s teachings transforming our work and how we approach problem solving.

- Elaine Popp, Vice President, Academic, Durham College